Illustrated manuscript booklet with original photographs of the modernist sculptures shown at the pioneering outdoor sculpture park assembled by Sir William ‘Tony’ Keswick. Begun in the 1950s, Henry Moore directly credited the park for informing his own lifelong preference for placing his works in the natural outdoor environment.
‘A F Gray’ has assembled the photographs and descriptions of 6 renowned sculptures by Henry Moore, Jacob Epstein and Auguste Rodin which were placed in the rugged and natural landscape of the estate, within the parish of Kirkpatrick Irongray in Dumfries and Galloway, forming part of the collection known as the Glenkiln Sculpture Park.
DESCRIPTION: Card wrappers in very good condition measuring 21.5 cm x 15 cm. Titled to front. 6 leaves within contain 9 b/w photographs in very good condition. Very crisp and clean throughout.
The contents consist of a typed list of the photographs taken in September 1966 by A.F. Gray, including written descriptions of their positions in the landscape, reputed titles and later corrections to titles added in blue pen. 9 photographs in very good condition protected by tissue guards include:
1. 2 images. ‘Reputed title: ‘Two Women Reclining’. Signed Moore 1/6’. Title later corrected in pen to ‘Two Piece Reclining Figure’.
2. 2 images. ‘Reputed title: ‘Annunciation’. Said to be also by Moore but no signature seen’. Later corrected in pen to read ‘Visitation by Jacob Epstein’.
3, 1 image. ‘Reputed title: ‘King and Queen’. Said to be by Moore but no signature’. Note in pencil to top of photograph reads ‘Sold for 26 million’.
4. 2 images. ‘Reputed title: John the Baptist. Signed A Rodin’.
5. 2 images. ‘Reputed title: ‘Spirit of the Water(s)’. Said to be by Moore’. Title later corrected in pen to ‘Standing Figure’. [This piece was stolen in 2013 and never recovered].
An additional entry records a tall sculpture ‘said to be another of Moore’s’ titled later in pen ‘Glenkiln Cross’. (This piece still remains on the site as of 2025).
